shrunk chocolate candy bars /

[toffee]

have people noticed the chocolate companies are giving you less and less -
crisps or potatoe chips the small bags have barely 8 in a pkt half filled with air ?
mars bars - shocking size used to be thick and long ' are they using different milk like when we was kids all far creamier ;
maltesers use to be in a box and it was nearly fall -now they have no smell or taste to them --so what have you bought thats a sweet con !

 

[Rosemarie]

It's a polite way to charge us more. We pay the same price but get less for it.

 

[Aunt Bea]

The contents of the packages keep getting smaller and I keep getting bigger!

I laugh every year at Christmas when I buy my annual box of chocolate covered cherries.

 

[JustBonee]

Seems everything is being downsized. Name it and you are getting less. I bought a jar of dill pickles last week and it was half liquid.

 

[Capt Lightning]

Colman's Tartare / Mint/ Horseradish sauces. The jar has got smaller and the price has gone up!

 

[Don M.]

Everything at the grocery stores seems to be "downsizing", but the prices haven't dropped accordingly.

 

[Ruthanne]

have people noticed the chocolate companies are giving you less and less -
crisps or potatoe chips the small bags have barely 8 in a pkt half filled with air ?
mars bars - shocking size used to be thick and long ' are they using different milk like when we was kids all far creamier ;
maltesers use to be in a box and it was nearly fall -now they have no smell or taste to them --so what have you bought thats a sweet con !

Yes, I noticed the shrinkage on them. I've also seen extra large ones they carry now. I like Butterfinger's!

 

[rgp]

I've noticed it on a few items. The latest for me is Nutri-Grain bars, same wrapper, smaller bar . Manufactures / suppliers never miss a chance to "up" the profit.

 

[squatting dog]

No. no, there's no shrinkage... your hands are just getting larger.

 

[Manatee]

Soda cans have shrunk, they don't fit the cozis any more.

 

[applecruncher]

Yep, items/containers have been getting a lot smaller for a long time, but not the price.

 

[Furryanimal]

Wagon wheels used to be huge compared to now!

 

[moviequeen1]

I remember growing up in the 50's,60's, a chocolate candy bar would cost anywhere from 5-25 cents
The same candy bar now costs $2 or more

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

Not only chocolate. I have a tried and true casserole that I've made in a pinch ever since the kids were little using a can of this and a can of that.. Recently I decided to make it for the hubby and I and It tasted terrible,very bland and dry. I finally figured out that every ingredient in the recipe now contained a couple of ounces less.
I made it again, opening two cans of each to compensate for the lost ounces and it made all the difference in the world.
I won't be making that again because of all the leftover ingredients.